City Opens New CNG Fueling Station
With the cost of gasoline and diesel fuel rapidly rising, the
City of Tulsa is expanding its compressed natural gas (CNG) program
to cut fuel costs for City vehicles.
This week, Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced the opening of a new
high-speed CNG fueling station at the City's west maintenance yard,
and the planned construction of a public CNG fueling station which
is expected to be open by the end of 2011. The City will also add
six dedicated fueling points for its fleet of CNG-fueled refuse
collection trucks.
The City currently pays $2.91 per gallon for gasoline and $3.14
for diesel, but only 52 cents per gallon for CNG for its 17
CNG-powered vehicles. That includes five refuse-collection trucks
which were purchased with help from federal grants.
The mayor noted that the new CNG fueling facilities are being
built by local companies with locally manufactured components.
Bartlett said, "Oklahoma is a major CNG producer and transporter
and the natural gas industry provides many local jobs. Converting
more vehicles to CNG also helps reduce the nation's dependence on
foreign oil."
